Healsville Sanctuary

It's a drive north-east of Melbourne on the Maroondah Highway, passing through the Yarra valley and past many of the areas splendid wineries.
Healsville Sanctuary is worth a visit, though it was rather crowded when we were there - just after Christmas.

You can see platypus, a very good flying display and, of course, koalas. They don't move much and therefore make themselves easy to photograph.

There's plenty of wildlife in the back yard. Clearing away a mass of ivy we found some large spiders and several geckos. That's my rear view.